Amedeo MODIGLIANI - Original portrait of Renée KISLING.

Amedeo MODIGLIANI (1884.1920)

Portrait of Renée Kisling – La Frange – Renée Jean.

Drawing on paper, annotated Renée Jean in the upper margin.

Graphite on paper. Circa 1916. Dimensions 28 x 35 cm.

Numbered 77 in the upper right corner.

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This drawn portrait represents Renée Jean, the wife of Modigliani's dearest friend during the Montparnasse years, the painter Moïse Kisling. Modigliani produced three drawings and two oils on canvas depicting the young woman, around 1917.

Our drawing certainly constitutes the preparatory sketch for the painting kept at the National Gallery of Washington.

Certificate from the Restellini Institute registered under number 2018/DE/50596

Exposure.

Paris, Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris, Amedeo Modigliani: 1884-1920, March 26-June 28, 1981.

Bibliography.

. G. Guillaume, J. Modigliani, D. Marchesseau, Amedeo Modigliani: 1884-1920, Catalog of the exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris, March 26-June 28, 1981, repr. p. 204, n°179

. O. Patani, Amedeo Modigliani: Catalogo generale?: designs 1906-1920 with designs from the Paul Alexandre collection (1906-1914). Milano: Leonardo, 1994, repr. p. 132, no. 183

. C. Parisot and L. Modigliani-Nechtschein, Modigliani, catalog raisonné, drawings, watercolors. Roma, 2006, vol III, repr. p.156, no. 80/16.

Origin.

Renée Kisling Collection.

Roger Dutilleul Collection.

Private collection Paris.